核心畫面

One way to hold this word: something was fine, then it was left too long or given too much, and now it cannot be used the way it was meant to be. The milk at the back of the fridge is the plainest version. A child who has been handed everything is the same shape of event, only the damage shows up as behaviour instead of smell. Notice where the blame sits in English: the word looks past the thing itself and at whatever was done to it.

可以想成一樣本來好好的東西,被放太久,或是被給太多,現在已經回不到原本該有的樣子。冰箱最裡面那盒牛奶,是這個畫面最素更多收起可以想成一樣本來好好的東西,被放太久,或是被給太多,現在已經回不到原本該有的樣子。冰箱最裡面那盒牛奶,是這個畫面最素的版本。一個要什麼有什麼的小孩,其實是同一件事,只是壞掉的地方從氣味換成了行為。順便可以注意英文把責任放在哪裡:這個字看的不是那樣東西本身,而是別人對它做了什麼。

Two branches

給太多,人走樣了

這一支的「弄壞」是好意造成的:東西一直給,給到人變了樣。

adjective · B1

Behaving rudely or selfishly because you have always been given whatever you wanted and allowed to do whatever you liked. Used mostly about children, and sometimes about pets.

被寵壞的

放到壞掉

這一支的「弄壞」是時間和保存造成的,畫面最貼近字面,也最容易看懂另外兩支在借什麼。

adjective · B1

(of food) No longer good to eat or use, because it has been kept too long or kept in the wrong way.

壞掉的、變質的

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

spoiledadj/spɔɪld/

  • 1

    That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.

  • 2

    The state of being heavily pampered.

    • The child was spoiled by constant gifts.
  • 3

    Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

    • Both our cat and the dog are spoiled monsters and beg for food every meal.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。